40 Year Old Man Shot by Israeli Soldiers

At approximately
3am this morning, the Israeli army shot a 40 year
oldresident of Ni'lin four times from close range while
invading hishouse. He is now in a serious condition in
Ramallah hospital.

Awad Srur, 40, was shot four times with
rubber-coated steel bulletsfrom extremely close range as
Israeli soldiers entered his houselooking to arrest his
brother Akil Srur. One bullet was shot throughhis eye,
another at his head causing large internal hemorrhaging.
2other bullets were fired into his chest.

At 3am the
Israeli army invaded the village of Ni'lin and entered
thehouse of Awad Srur in order to reach the second floor
of the buildingwhere his brother lives. Awad, who
suffers from a speech disability,shouted at the soldiers
repeatedly before being shot four times frompoint blank
range. The soldiers then proceeded to arrest Akil Srur
whois now being held in Israeli detention.

Awad was
immediately taken to Ramallah hospital where his
conditionremains critical.

To date, fifteen
Palestinians, ten of them minors, were killed
whileprotesting the wall.

Muhammad Fadel Hashem Rian,
age 25

Zakaria Mahmoud ‘Eid Salem, age 28, Shot dead
during a demonstration against the wall in Biddu on
February26th, 2004.

Abdal Rahman Abu ‘Eid, age 62,
died of a heart attack after teargas projectiles were shot
into his home during a demonstration against the wall in
Biddu on February26th, 2004.

Muhammad Da’ud Saleh
Badwan, age 21 Shot during a demonstrationagainst the
wall in Biddu on February 26th, 2004, and died of his wounds
March 3rd.

Hussein Mahmoud ‘Awad ‘Alian, age 17 Shot
dead during a demonstration against the wall in Betunya on
April 16th, 2004

Diaa’ A-Din ‘Abd al-Karim Ibrahim Abu
‘Eid, age 23 Shot dead during ademonstration against
the wall in Biddu on April 18th, 2004.

Islam Hashem Rizik
Zhahran, age 14 Shot during a demonstration against the wall
in Deir Abu Mash’al onApril 18th, 2004, and died of
his wounds April 28th.

‘Alaa’ Muhammad ‘Abd a-Rahman
Khalil, age 14 Shot dead while throwing stones at an Israeli
vehicle driven by private security guards near the wall in
Betunya on February 15th,2005.

Jamal Jaber Ibrahim
‘Asi, age 15

U’dai Mufid Mahmoud ‘Asi, age 14 Shot
dead during a demonstration against the wall in Beit Liqya
on May 4th, 2005

Taha Muhammad Subhi al-Quljawi, age 16
Shot dead when he and twofriends tried to cut the razor
wire portion of the wall in the Qalandiya Refugee Camp on
February 2nd, 2007. He was wounded in the thigh and died
from loss of blood after remaining a long time in the field
without being treated.

Muhammad Elias Mahmoud ‘Aweideh,
age 15 Shot dead during a demonstration against the wall in
Um a-Sharayet - Samiramis on March 28th, 2007.

Mahmoud
Muhammad Ahmad Masalmeh, age 15 Shot when trying to cut the
razor wire portion of the wall in Beit Awwa on March 2nd,
2008.

Ahmed Husan Youssef Mousa, age 10 Killed during a
demonstration against the wall in Ni’ilin on July 29th,
2008

Youssef Ahmed Younes Amireh, age 17 Shot in the head
with rubber coated bullets during a demonstration against
the wall in Ni’ilin on July 30th, 2008 and died of his
wounds August 4th.

Three others, all minors or mentally
disabled, were killed just for being in the proximity of the
wall:

Du’aa Naser Saleh ‘Abd al-Qader, age 14 Killed
in Far’un when she approached the wall with her friend on
December 19th, 2006.

Fatah a-Deen Muhammad ‘Ali
al-Khuli, age 20 Killed near Habla when he approached the
wall on January 22nd, 2001. He was mentally
disabled.

Mahyoub Ahmad Nemer ‘Asi, age 15 Killed by a
private security guard while he was in his family’s plot,
about 200 meters away from the path of the wall, on July
8th, 2005

>From the original 58,000 dunums of Ni’lin
land (580 hectares) morethan 69% was taken by Israel in
1948, while in 1967 44% of the remaining land was used for
construction of the nearby settlements. The annexation wall,
illegal under international law, will take a further 25% of
the farming land that the village relies on for its income,
and will make the once commercial capital of the area
isolated from the surrounding villages. This will leave
Nil’in, when the wall is finished, with only 10% of its
original land (less than 15,000
dunums).

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